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Witness to Dignity: The Life and Faith of George H.W. and Barbara Bush

Witness to Dignity: The Life and Faith of George H.W. and Barbara Bush

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Author: Jeb Bush Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 George and Barbara Bush belonged to and were active members of a Houston church for more than 50 years. The rector...
Wish I Was Here: 'The best writer you've never heard of' - Sunday Times

Wish I Was Here: 'The best writer you've never heard of' - Sunday Times

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Author: M. John Harrison Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 'Wish I Was Here is a masterpiece. Formally inventive, constantly surprising, M John Harrison has written an archaeology of fragments...
When I Grow Up: conversations with adults in search of adulthood

When I Grow Up: conversations with adults in search of adulthood

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Author: Moya Sarner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 When do we become adults? What does it mean to grow up? And what are the experiences that propel us forward...
Wayward: Just Another Life to Live

Wayward: Just Another Life to Live

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Author: Vashti Bunyan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'Magical and transporting' Maggie O'Farrell 'A gorgeous account of outsiderness and survival... A quietly defiant and moving work' Sinead Gleeson 'An...
Uncommon People
The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994

Uncommon People The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994

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Author: David Hepworth Format: Paperback Number of Pages: The age of the rock star, like the age of the cowboy, has passed. Like the cowboy, the idea of the rock...
Thoroughly Modern: The pioneering life of Barbara Ker-Seymer, photographer, and her brilliant Bohemian friends

Thoroughly Modern: The pioneering life of Barbara Ker-Seymer, photographer, and her brilliant Bohemian friends

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Author: Sarah Knights Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 The life of pioneering photographer Barbara Ker-Seymer 'Thoroughly entertaining... Knights expertly evokes this hedonistic period' The Times 'A picturesque portrayal of...
The Unfamiliar: A Queer Motherhood Memoir

The Unfamiliar: A Queer Motherhood Memoir

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Author: Kirsty Logan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 An unconventional, unexpectedly funny, brutally honest memoir about infertility, pregnancy and motherhood 'You and your partner want a baby. But your...
The Ultimate Encyclopedia Of Cats: Breeds & Care

The Ultimate Encyclopedia Of Cats: Breeds & Care

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The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

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Author: Stacy Schiff Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 A Top 10 Best Books of the Year (Wall Street Journal), Top 10 Best Nonfiction (Time), Top 5 Nonfiction (LA Times),...
The Pursuit of Porsha: How I Grew Into My Power and Purpose

The Pursuit of Porsha: How I Grew Into My Power and Purpose

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Author: Porsha Williams Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 In The Pursuit of Porsha, media personality and entrepreneur Porsha Williams opens up about family, faith, fame, and becoming an agent...
The People's Hospital: The Real Cost of Life in an Uncaring Health System

The People's Hospital: The Real Cost of Life in an Uncaring Health System

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Author: Ricardo Nuila Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 How do medical staff offer care and hope to patients and families when faced with the mayhem and lottery of a...
The Music Never Stops: What Putting on 10,000 Shows Has Taught Me About Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Magic

The Music Never Stops: What Putting on 10,000 Shows Has Taught Me About Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Magic

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Author: Peter Shapiro Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Peter Shapiro is the best known and most influential concert promoter of his generation. He owned the legendary Wetlands in Tribeca...
The Last Crocodile Hunter: A Father and Son Legacy

The Last Crocodile Hunter: A Father and Son Legacy

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Author: Amanda French Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'When the world lost Steve, the animals lost the best friend they ever had, and so did I. But he's still...
The Indomitable Florence Finch: The Untold Story of a War Widow Turned Resistance Fighter and Savior of American POWs

The Indomitable Florence Finch: The Untold Story of a War Widow Turned Resistance Fighter and Savior of American POWs

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Author: Robert J. Mrazek Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 "An American hero...finally gets her due in this riveting narrative. You will absolutely love Florence Finch: her grit, her compassion,...
The Imperfect Life of T. S. Eliot

The Imperfect Life of T. S. Eliot

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Author: Lyndall Gordon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 672 Highly acclaimed when it was first published, Virago now reissues Lyndall Gordon's wonderful biography, THE IMPERFECT LIFT OF T.S. ELIOT. Exploring...
The Hyacinth Girl: T. S. Eliot's Hidden Muse

The Hyacinth Girl: T. S. Eliot's Hidden Muse

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Author: Lyndall Gordon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 The revealing of T. S. Eliot's hidden muse - Emily Hale, the Hyacinth Girl of the famous The Waste Land poem...
The Cure for Sleep: A book with the power to change your life

The Cure for Sleep: A book with the power to change your life

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Author: Tanya Shadrick Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'Moving and inspiring, courageous and true: real art. Just reading her is pleasure' Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun What happens...
The Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr

The Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr

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Author: Martin Luther King Jr Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Compiled from his own words, this history-making autobiography IS Martin Luther King: the mild-mannered, inquisitive child and student who...
Tesla: The Man, the Inventor, and the Father of Electricity

Tesla: The Man, the Inventor, and the Father of Electricity

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Author: Richard Gunderman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Known as the father of modern electricity, Nikola Tesla's work transformed the world. The scientist and engineer was devoted to discovery,...
Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation

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Author: Hannah Gadsby Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 'There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.' Hannah Gadsby, Nanette Multi-awardwinning Hannah Gadsby transformed comedy with...
Taut Lines: Extraordinary True Fishing Stories

Taut Lines: Extraordinary True Fishing Stories

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Author: Cameron Pierce Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Since the earliest writings of civilisation, people have been writing about fish and the pursuit of them. TAUT LINES is a...
Strictly Ann: The Autobiography

Strictly Ann: The Autobiography

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Author: Ann Widdecombe Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 In this life story of one of our most outspoken and celebrated politicians, Ann Widdecombe offers a unique insight into her...
Spring Tides: Exploring Marine Life on the Isle of Man

Spring Tides: Exploring Marine Life on the Isle of Man

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Author: Fiona Gell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'This is my earliest memory. I am three years old and I sit in the bottom of my great-uncle's pot boat...
Soundings: Journeying North in the Company of Whales - the award-winning memoir

Soundings: Journeying North in the Company of Whales - the award-winning memoir

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Author: Doreen Cunningham Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'Beautiful . . . Justifies its place alongside nature writing classics such as H is for Hawk' NEW STATESMAN 'Wonderful ......
Silent Child: From no.1 bestseller Toni Maguire comes a new true story of abuse and survival, for fans of Cathy Glass

Silent Child: From no.1 bestseller Toni Maguire comes a new true story of abuse and survival, for fans of Cathy Glass

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Author: Toni Maguire Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Unlike people with carefree previous lives, I packed away my past. There are some memories labelled 'Look at', and others 'Leave...
Shadows Of The Workhouse: The Drama Of Life In Postwar London

Shadows Of The Workhouse: The Drama Of Life In Postwar London

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Author: Jennifer Worth, SRN, SCM Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 In this follow up to CALL THE MIDWIFE, Jennifer Worth, a midwife working in the docklands area of East...
Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying and Playing Guitar with the Doors

Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying and Playing Guitar with the Doors

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Author: Robby Krieger Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 Few bands are as shrouded in the murky haze of rock mythology as The Doors, and parsing fact from fiction has...
Sam: Coming soon to Disney Plus as Sam - A Saxon

Sam: Coming soon to Disney Plus as Sam - A Saxon

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Author: Samuel Meffire Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 The extraordinary and exciting story of East Germany's first Black police officer. Samuel Meffire grew up as a Black German in...
Olive, Mabel & Me: Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs

Olive, Mabel & Me: Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs

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Author: Andrew Cotter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 "Beautifully written ... as funny as you would hope." The Times OLIVE & MABEL: two of the internet's favourite dogs! ANDREW...
My Story: A Child Called It, The Lost Boy, A Man Named Dave

My Story: A Child Called It, The Lost Boy, A Man Named Dave

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Author: Dave Pelzer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 A CHILD CALLED IT is Dave Pelzer's story of a child beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a...
Mother Country: Real Stories of the Windrush Children

Mother Country: Real Stories of the Windrush Children

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Author: Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 "The story of Windrush must not be sterilised, or overly simplified. It is not only a story of successful integration, sport...
Miss Muriel Matters: The fearless suffragist who fought for equality

Miss Muriel Matters: The fearless suffragist who fought for equality

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Author: Robert Wainwright Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 In 1908 Muriel Matters, known as 'that daring Australian girl', chained herself to an iron grille in the House of Commons...
Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up - the instant New York Times bestseller from the acclaimed actor and disability rights campaigner

Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up - the instant New York Times bestseller from the acclaimed actor and disability rights campaigner

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Author: Selma Blair Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 **THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** 'Funny and frank, a chance to spend time with a brave and big-hearted woman...
Mama's Boy: A Memoir

Mama's Boy: A Memoir

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Author: Dustin Lance Black Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 POLARI PRIZE 'A magnificent achievement . . . I cannot remember a book where I cried...
Love and Trouble: Memoirs of a Former Wild Girl

Love and Trouble: Memoirs of a Former Wild Girl

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Author: Claire Dederer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 A hilarious, confrontational and moving story of one woman's attempts to navigate her way through the challenges of mid-life, for lovers...
Lesley Blanch: Inner Landscapes, Wilder Shores

Lesley Blanch: Inner Landscapes, Wilder Shores

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Author: Anne Boston Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Blanch, writer, artist and adventuress, followed her own compass in everything she did. She called herself a romantic traveller; her appetite...
Just Ignore Him: A BBC Two Between the Covers book club pick

Just Ignore Him: A BBC Two Between the Covers book club pick

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Author: Alan Davies Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'A simply astonishing achievement. The quality, depth, emotional power and terrifying honesty of Alan Davies's story-telling take the breath away' Stephen...
I Can Explain: A hilarious memoir of mistakes and mess-ups from the much-loved star of TV and radio

I Can Explain: A hilarious memoir of mistakes and mess-ups from the much-loved star of TV and radio

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Author: Jamie Laing Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The warm, funny and entertaining memoir of much-loved TV personality and loveable posh boy, Jamie Laing. Funny, charming, and romantic to...
I Can Explain

I Can Explain

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Author: Jamie Laing Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 The warm, funny and entertaining memoir of much-loved TV personality and loveable posh boy, Jamie Laing. Funny, charming, and romantic to...
I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home

I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home

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Author: Jami Attenberg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 'I was so captivated by this book, so utterly drawn in and overwhelmed by the emotional force of it, that it...
Hunter Revisited: The Life and Art of Leslie Hunter

Hunter Revisited: The Life and Art of Leslie Hunter

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Author: Bill Smith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 0
How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir

How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir

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Author: Safiya Sinclair Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 'Dazzling. Potent. Vital' TARA WESTOVER 'To read it is to believe that words can save' MARLON JAMES 'I adored this book...
Hell's Angels

Hell's Angels

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Author: Hunter S. Thompson Format: Paperback Number of Pages:
Great Spies of the 20th Century

Great Spies of the 20th Century

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Author: Patrick Pesnot Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 0 Heroes to some, traitors to others, spies and intelligence officers continue to fascinate and enthrall us with their abilities to operate...
From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death

From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death

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Author: Caitlin Doughty Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 As a practising mortician, Caitlin Doughty has long been fascinated by our pervasive terror of dead bodies. In FROM HERE TO...
Friends and Enemies: A Memoir

Friends and Enemies: A Memoir

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Author: Barbara Amiel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 608 Included in The Times and Daily Telegraph Book of the Year round-ups 'Friends and Enemies is an extraordinary read showing unflinching...
Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Face: 12 Things Boxing Teaches You About Life

Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Face: 12 Things Boxing Teaches You About Life

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Author: Tony Bellew Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLER **THE PULL-NO-PUNCHES GUIDE TO LIFE** 'Tony is a champion who knows the hardest battle is always...
Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters

Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters

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Author: Andrew Morton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when, in a quixotic twist of fate, their uncle...